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Violence
A lot
Action violence, shootings, and hand-to-hand combat throughout
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
A romantic relationship develops; some sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Identity crisis and the horror of not knowing who you are; moderate psychological tension
What this book is about
Jason Bourne is pulled from the Mediterranean with bullet wounds and no memory of who he is. As he pieces together his identity through training that surfaces in muscle memory, he discovers he may be the world's most dangerous assassin—or the CIA's worst mistake. Ludlum's hugely popular thriller created the template for the amnesiac spy genre and spawned one of cinema's great action franchises.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Action violence and shootings throughout
Some sexual content
Fairly intense thriller pacing
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